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Pierre Laporte was eventually found killed by his captors, while James Cross was freed after 59 days as a result of negotiations with the kidnappers who requested exile to Cuba rather than facing trial in Quebec. The cell members responsible for Laporte's death were arrested and charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder after they returned.
Frank "Frankie" LaPorte (October 7, 1901 – October 30, 1972) was an Italian–American racketeer in the Chicago Outfit. [1] He was the Chicago Heights caporegime during the early 20th century. His closest associates in bootlegging included Ross Prio , Louis Campagna and onetime Outfit boss, Al Capone .
Girls Incarcerated: Young and Locked Up is an American documentary television series released on Netflix on March 2, 2018, that initially followed the teenage inmates of the Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility in Madison, Indiana which has since been closed down.
He was still being held Monday in the LaPorte County Jail on $20,000 bond after being taken into custody on Friday. According to court documents, prosecutors accuse Lowery of committing sex on ...
An exonerated Nevada woman who spent nearly 16 years in prison was awarded $34 million last week after a federal jury found local police intentionally caused her emotional distress while ...
In the Garden of Spite: A Novel of the Black Widow of LaPorte is a US-published 2021 novel by Camilla Bruce with elements of "Norwegian noir and true crime" based on Gunness. [27] It was published in the UK with the title Triflers Need Not Apply. [28] My Men, a 2023 Norwegian novel by Victoria Kielland, is a fictionalized account of Gunness's ...
Earlier this year, police announced the takedown of a major network transporting Latin American cocaine into Europe by boat in an international operation involving 50 arrests across eight countries.
Pierre Laporte Bridge. Pierre Laporte, grandson of the Liberal politician Alfred Leduc, was born in Montreal, Quebec, on 25 February 1921.He was a journalist with Le Devoir newspaper from 1945 to 1961, and was known for his crusading work against Quebec's then-Premier Maurice Duplessis.